Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 11:16:09 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 23/11/2024 04:57, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 11/22/24 12:51 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:19:55 -0700, Don_from_AZ wrote:
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
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On 21/11/2024 07:20, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

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I take it you're also not a fan of Perl  🙂

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Perfectly Execrable Rubbish Language

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I've heard it called:
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   "Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister"

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It changed the meaning of the term “high-level language” forever.

 
 
   Well ... glad to see my opinion of Perl is not unique  :-)
 
   Way back I bought the usual "Learn Perl" book with the camel on the
   front. About two chapters in I said "WHY ???".
 

I just saw the type of people who created enormous scripts in it, and
thought 'total wankers' They typically read instruction manuals as a
hobby...
 
If a script gets that big it should be in a different language
altogether.

We had a couple of implementers who used Perl to automate their tasks.
Programming disavowed all knowledge of them. As the years went by and the
original people left they were handed down to successive generations as
some sort of magic tools.